hræzla

Old Norse

Alternative forms

hræðsla

Etymology

From hræða (“to scare”) +‎ -sla.

Noun

hræzla f (genitive hræzlu)

dread, fear

Declension

Declension of hræzla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hræzla	hræzlan	hræzlur	hræzlurnar
accusative	hræzlu	hræzluna	hræzlur	hræzlurnar
dative	hræzlu	hræzlunni	hræzlum	hræzlunum
genitive	hræzlu	hræzlunnar	hræzla	hræzlanna

Synonyms

ótti

Derived terms

hræzlufullr (“in great fear”)
hræzlugœði (“timidity”)

Descendants

Icelandic: hræðsla
Norwegian Bokmål: redsel
Norwegian Nynorsk: redsle
Swedish: rädsla

References

hræzla in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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